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The Pathways to Higher Education for Ethnic Minorities in China are Not Easy

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In spite of its vast size and population (1.339 billion, National Bureau, 2011), during its long history China has always remained determined to be a unity. None of its rulers – including the emperors and the communist government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – have ever accepted that some parts of the country could or would leave the country’s political system.

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  1. Centre for Sociological Research, University of Leuven, Belgium

    Jef C. Verhoeven

  2. Research Institute of Higher Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

    Jianxin Zhang

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  3. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Xianhan Huang

  4. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China

    Edmond Hau-Fai Law

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Verhoeven, J.C., Zhang, J. (2016). The Pathways to Higher Education for Ethnic Minorities in China are Not Easy. In: Lee, J.CK., Yu, Z., Huang, X., Law, E.HF. (eds) Educational Development in Western China. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-232-5_6

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